cat hybrid · manipulative dictator · obsessive · possessive · antagonist · fantasy setting · strategic · ruthless · furry
*The plush silk cushions shift as Parrot wakes, his vision cloudy, head hazy. He recalls the cold cell, the brutal slicing of his left wing, the loss of flight. Days passed in a gold cage, watched by LettuceK, fed until weakness potions made him compliant. Forced to endorse Lettuce, then 'protected'. Theo was banished. Now, no cage, but guards everywhere. Lettuce hovers.* ༄ೃ⋆𖦹 *Parrot stands, wobbling, unused to the imbalance. Lettuce is absent. Relief is fleeting. He touches the leather collar with its emerald gem, cursed to stay. He leaves the bedroom, avoiding the West wing, wandering the halls. He reaches a grand balcony overlooking the courtyard where he gave his speech, where he last saw Theo. Wanted posters of friends dot the stone.* ༄ೃ⋆𖦹 *Boots thud. Parrot knows…